Bungie: Halo 3 Recon is '3-5 hours, not a $60 game'

Comments direct from the developer shed light on next year's stand-alone Halo 3 expansion.

Bungie: Halo 3 Recon is '3-5 hours, not a $60 game'

Is Halo 3: Recon an expansion or stand-alone game? According to Bungie, quoted in the December issue of Game Informer, it's both.

Bungie lead designer Paul Bertone described Recon as "a three to five-hour expansion pack" to the magazine, transcribed by Bungie.org. But unlike initial reports, it seems the game will in fact be priced to move. "We do not view this as a $60 title," said Bungie cinematic director Joe Straten.

Unfortunately, Game Informer doesn't contain any screenshots, reports Bungie.org, "but there's quite a bit of concept art, and there's a lot of description of how the game is going to work."

Halo 3: Recon is planned for release on Xbox 360 between July and September 2009.

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imnotirish1990

Bungie has no control over pricing, Microsoft does. And Microsoft probably realizes that anything with the "Halo" name on it will sell for $60, no matter how much content is actually in it. Recon will probably cost just as much, standalone expansion or not.

mrhammer

I don't see this going to $60. Halo is a tried-and-true product, but I'm placing a lot of emphasis on the "tried" part. I think plenty of people are getting a little weary of it. There's got to be something to goose them into buying this, and a price cut would do it. Charging $60 for a three to five hour game will make a lot of customers very angry when they realize how long the game is. Remember, Microsoft has Halo Wars coming out, and I wouldn't be surprised if they try and milk the series beyond these two games.

I see this topping out at $40, maybe. Anything above that, Microsoft's asking for trouble.

mstrmrdr82

VivaLeResistance wrote:

I hope it's in the $30-40 price range.

yeah i hope the same thing but i have a feeling it will be 60 dollars. they deff could do, its been done many times before...take heavenly sword for example it was like 4 or 5 hours long and was 60 bucks...awesome game though

mstrmrdr82

also i think i would pay 60 dollars for it as long as it has at least 6 or 7 new maps in it

slickjames

mstrmrdr82 wrote:

VivaLeResistance wrote:

I hope it's in the $30-40 price range.

yeah i hope the same thing but i have a feeling it will be 60 dollars. they deff could do, its been done many times before...take heavenly sword for example it was like 4 or 5 hours long and was 60 bucks...awesome game though

CoD4 was about that long too but it was a great game too. I'm hoping more around $30, I think that's a good price.

phebo

slickjames wrote:

mstrmrdr82 wrote:

VivaLeResistance wrote:


I hope it's in the $30-40 price range.

yeah i hope the same thing but i have a feeling it will be 60 dollars. they deff could do, its been done many times before...take heavenly sword for example it was like 4 or 5 hours long and was 60 bucks...awesome game though

CoD4 was about that long too but it was a great game too. I'm hoping more around $30, I think that's a good price.

ya cod4 did but it had online, recon wont

neogigames

I don't see any game at $60 being reasonable. With that said. keep two things in mind here when considering what the price tag will be. One Microsoft and two, money.

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